Garment hanger



March 4, 1947. r HARR|$ ET AL 2,416,750

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 1'7, 1945 LEONARD B. HARRIS 41 T- 4 26 \m'o R PASCALE 1/ INVENTORS A TTORNE Y Patented Mar. 4, 1947' GABMENT HANGER Leonard B. Harris, South'old; and Vito R. KascalaNew York; N. Y.

ApplicatiOnAugnst=17, 1945, .Seria1.N0...61 1,200

1 Claim.

This invention relates to expanding clothes hangers which are particularly adapted for hanging up ladies skirts, trousers and like garments.

An object of this invention is to provide an expanding garment hanger which automatically adapts itself to different size skirts or trousers and which, by its inherent tendency to expand, can support a garment and hold it in shape.

Another object of this invention is to provide an expanding garment hanger comprising two arms mounted for horizontal sliding movement and having resilient means adapted to be tensioned during the movement of the arms, the resilient means causing outward pressure and forcible distension of the arms after the hanger is inserted in a skirt or trousers and the pressure or tension on the arms is released, whereby the garment is gripped and supported by the hanger.

Another object of this'invention is to provide a compression type garment hanger having a hollow and circumferentially intact housing in which spring mechanism is entirely concealed, the housing being of sufficient cross-section so that when the hanger is inserted in 'a pair of trousers or a skirt, two air spaces are formed at the ends of the hanger around the supporting arms for purposes of ventilation.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described, and the combination and arrangement of parts will be shown in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim which forms part of this specification. V X

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal view of a compression type hanger, showing two coil springs in normally extended or open position.

Figure 2 is an end View of the hanger shown cross-section, providing passage therethrough for hanger arms 28. The arms 28 are of square crosssection and are slidably mounted in alinement in the openings 21. Screws 28, passing through apertures 30 in the housing members 26, serve to secure the housing members in unitary relation.

Fixed to the inner end portion of each arm 28, inside the housing, is a convex Washer 32. Coil springs 33 are mounted on the convex surfaces of the washers and abut against a partition 34 in the housing members 26. The housing is circumferentially intact and conceals the springs. Each' hanger arm 28 has an extension 36 at its free end. Each extension is positioned in obtuse angular relation with the respective arm.

A hook member 38 has a looped upper endof a size large enough to engage a clothes rod or rail. At its lower end the hook has a loop 33 in engagement with a pivot pin 40 passing through ears 4| of the housing members 23. The ears 4| are spaced apart to provide an opening 42 in which the loop 39 is housed.

Figure 3 shows the hanger in operative position in a garment 20 of the skirt or trousers type.

It is to be noted that where skirt is mentioned in the specification and claim that it is intended to include trousers and similar garments in general.

It is also to be noted that the convex washers 32 are in engagement with the inner circumferences of the springs and with the hanger arms,

whereby pressure applied by the arms against the springs is directed coaxially with the springs and cause free movements of the springs.

It is to be noted that the hanger 25 is designed so that it may be molded of plastic material or die cast in metal in suitable molds. This makes it possible to provide a highly ornamental polished article, which is very desirable when handlingfrail garments.

It is also to be noted that the obtuse angular extensions 36 make it possible to mount different sizes of garments on the hanger and to properly maintain the shape of the garment; also to mount coats as well as skirts.

In accordance with the patent statutes we have described and illustrated the preferred embodi- The housing members 26 have longitudinally and centrally positioned openings 21 of square ment of our invention, but it will be understood 7 that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit a centrally and longitudinally split tubularhousing having a centrally and transverselypositioned partition, said housing being circumferentially V intact, said housing having openings of square cross-section at each end, each of said housingmembers having spaced-apart ears, two supporting hanger arms of square cross-section mounted for horizontal sliding movement in said housing, said arms having obtuse angular extensions, coil springs in said housing on opposite sides of said partition and adapted to be compressed during said movement, convex washers in engagement with end portions of said springs and with said hanger arms causing pressure applied by said arms against said springs to be coaxialwith said springs, said compressed coil springs causing out ward axiall directed pressure and iorcible distension of said arms after said hanger is inserted in a skirt or trousers, whereby said skirtv or trousers is gripped and supported by said hanger, and a suspending hook pivotally mounted intermediate said ears at the mid-portion of said housing.

' LEONARD B. HARRIS. VITO R. PASCALE.

REFERENCES CITED The'following referencesare of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 

